Trepostome bryozoans from the Zahořany Formation (Upper Ordovician) of Loděnice, Prague Basin, Czech Republic

Abstract

Three trepostome bryozoan species are described from the Upper Ordovician Zahořany Formation of Loděnice, Prague Basin, Czech Republic. One genus is new—Lodenicella gen. nov.

One species is described in open nomenclature. The described fauna contains ramose colonies or ramose branched projections from encrusting tubular-shaped colonies which inhabited shallow environment with moderate wave energy and significant influx of clastic material.

Keywords

• Bryozoa
• Trepostomata
• Taxonomy
• Morphology
• Upper Ordovician
• Prague Basin